Both mainstream and art house cinema continues to blur the line of what is acceptable to show on screen. Forgetting that Blue is the Warmest Color opens with a ten-minute sex scene, the actresses draw attention during a heightened six-minute scene when they are shown actually masturbating to help create arousal in the moments building up to sex. The anatomy may have been prosthetic, but the actions performed were nothing short of authentic. You create the controversial 70s classic Caligula. A sex-obsessed Roman emperor Malcolm McDowell puts on a show as graphic as the fantastical orgies in ancient frescoes. The real magic of Caligula happened in post-production — scenes were added to the film without the approval or knowledge of the director, including real acts of unedited penetration and fellatio by adult entertainers contracted by Penthouse.

Looking for a movie that's almost porn, but technically not? Unlike actual porn, mainstream movies are saddled with things like "plot" and "coherent storylines," but that doesn't mean that those plots and coherent storylines can't be served by lots and lots and lots of nudity. And, over the years, many mainstream movies have taken advantage of their ability to tell beautiful stories full of beautiful bodies in various states of undress. The lesson to be learned: You may need to rethink your preconceived notions of what excessive nudity in a movie says about that movie. Ready to dive in and explore the world of mainstream movies with nearly porn-levels of nudity?

Sometimes, you go to a movie expecting full frontal. Other times Whether it was the inexplicable PG rating or nudity from a star who seems too wholesome to strip down Mary Poppins fans should click away now , audiences were shook when they saw these actors in the flesh. Here, some of the most shocking nude scenes in cinematic history. I think people need to embrace themselves, their creativity and their bodies.

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